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Originally Posted by Deej
You're smart so I trust your word. If BHO is properly purged... isn't most of the health risk avoided? Ar eyou just warning people of the potency tolerancE?
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No, the potency issue is more a matter of personal choice. Some patients might need that level of potency, but people that are just using it for recreational are another matter entirely. If they want to end up where they have to dab all day long just to catch a buzz then that is their problem. I just wouldn't want that for myself.
My biggest issue is that most labs use the cheaper, less sensitive, Mass Spectrometry and Gas Chromatography equipment to find residual solvents and traces of chemicals, which might include: Acetone, Butane, Propane, Pentane, Hexane, Heptane, Ethanol, Isopropanol (iso-alcohol), etc. So, those machines test to a certain level of sensitivity and approximate anything less than (x)parts per million.
When you are talking a product that is going to be completely consumed then that risk becomes an inevitable part of consumption. None of those "tanes" are things you want to inhale imho even if the State says a certain amount is acceptable. States ok'd things like spraying crops with ddt, diverting water in Michigan, etc so I don't have the greatest trust in the ability for gov. to address things like this.
The other difficulty is that even those producers that do purge properly can't remove everything. However, most, and I have sat in line at the testing facilities listening to producers discuss their purge, don't actually do enough purging because it adds time and money to the process. I have heard some brag about having a few hundred parts per million like "isn't that great". Freaks me out. I don't want the canna industry to end up where tobacco has in terms of health risks due to the manner of processing and preservation.